Evidence
7 evidence entries recorded; each entry has a stable permalink (#ev-1 … #ev-7).
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[1]DANFS, Gregory II (DD-802) (builder, dates, service narrative, striking, disposition; verbatim transcription - live NHHC page serves 404; canonical DANFS-online archive at hazegray.org/danfs/destroy/dd802txt.htm unreachable from session) [nhhc_danfs]
- Locator
- DANFS entry, specifications block + full service narrative (globalsecurity.org verbatim mirror of hazegray DANFS text)
- Finding type
- vessel_history
- Finding
- DANFS record for this hull: launched by the Todd-Pacific Ship Building Co., Tacoma, Wash., 8 May 1944 (sponsor Miss Ann McGuigan); commissioned 29 July 1944, Cdr. Bruce McCandless; Pacific service via Pearl Harbor 23 October 1944; Iwo Jima D-Day 19 February 1945, screening and fire support for a month; Okinawa from 1 April 1945, radar picket duty; kamikaze crashed amidships at the waterline to port 8 April 1945 - forward engine room lost power, fire rooms flooded, two further attackers downed; temporary repairs Kerama Retto, San Diego battle repairs from 18 May 1945; decommissioned 15 January 1947; recommissioned 27 April 1951; Korean service from August 1951 (carrier screen incl. Essex and Boxer, blockade, bombardment, Formosa patrol; under Chinese shore-battery fire 19 January 1953 off Nan-ao Tao); peacetime WestPac rotations, 1958 Quemoy-Matsu crisis; Battle Efficiency 'E' 1955, 1956, 1959; decommissioned San Diego 1 February 1964; struck from the Navy List 1 May 1966; renamed Indoctrinator, inoperable trainer at San Diego; grounded as a target on San Clemente Island 4 March 1971. Two WWII and four Korean battle stars.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1971
- Population
- Seattle-Tacoma/Todd-Pacific construction trades 1943-44; wartime and postwar crew (DANFS complement 320)
- Limitations
- DANFS documents service history and specifications, not materials or asbestos content. Builder attribution conflicts across sources (Tacoma per DANFS; Seattle per NavSource and the Fletcher class profile - corporate rename June 1944 documented separately) - carried in gaps. Mirror transcription cited because the live NHHC page returns 404.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gregory-dd802-01
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[2]DANFS specifications block (Fletcher class; 35 kt) + MOHAI/University of Washington 'Todd Shipyards Corporation, Seattle Division: History and Experience' (Sept 1961) and Archives West Vigor Industrial Collection on Todd Shipyards (corporate rename June 1944); Atlas shipyard dataset record 'todd-shipyards' [other_primary]
- Locator
- DANFS specifications block; MOHAI digital collection imlsmohai id 19271; Archives West ark:80444/xv617157; shipyards.json 'todd-shipyards'
- Finding type
- asbestos_application
- Finding
- Era/yard inference: a WWII Fletcher-class destroyer built 1943-44 with a four-boiler steam plant (4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 2-shaft geared steam turbines, 60,000 shp) would have carried period-standard asbestos insulation, steam-line lagging, gaskets, packing, fireproofing, and deck coverings. Builder Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. operated Todd's Washington yards (Harbor Island, Seattle, plus Tacoma division) and was renamed Todd Pacific Shipyards, Inc. in June 1944 - the month after this hull's launch; the Atlas yard dataset carries the corporate Todd Shipyards record (tier 2) with documented asbestos product lines. Documented events on this hull plausibly disturbing insulation - kamikaze battle damage April 1945 with San Diego repairs from 18 May 1945, and the 1966 conversion to the stripped training hulk Indoctrinator - are documented as events; their asbestos scope is not recorded.
- Verification
- inferred
- Role
- supporting
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1943-1971
- Population
- Seattle-Tacoma/Todd-Pacific construction trades 1943-44; crew 1944-64; San Diego repair yard workers 1945; trainer-era personnel 1966-71
- Limitations
- Class/era and builder-yard inference only - no ship-specific finding supports 'documented aboard this hull' wording. The dataset has no distinct Seattle-Tacoma/Todd-Pacific yard entry; todd-shipyards is the corporate-level nearest resolution. NARA RG19 'General Information Books' per-hull material specifications are an archival lead not retrieved.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gregory-dd802-02
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[3]GAO, Navy Efforts To Protect Workers From Asbestos Exposure, HRD-80-2 (Oct 18, 1979) [gao]
- Locator
- GAO product page HRD-80-2 (full text blocked, HTTP 403)
- Finding type
- gov_survey
- Finding
- GAO documented that the Navy used asbestos insulation extensively aboard ships and did not begin substituting alternative insulation materials until the early 1970s - placing this hull's entire commissioned life (1944-1964), its 1966-71 trainer use, and its 1971 beaching entirely inside the documented asbestos-use era. Standing policy (1975) removed asbestos insulation only when damaged or required for repairs, so era material typically persisted unless a yard period disturbed it - moot here, as the hull left service before the substitution era.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- class_or_era
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1979
- Population
- Navy shipyard workers; asbestos program review
- Limitations
- Program-level documentation; GAO fieldwork was at Long Beach and Norfolk Naval Shipyards, not this hull's yards. Supports era context only, not any fact specific to DD-802; full text not retrieved (gao.gov blocks automated fetch, HTTP 403) - description via product page.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gregory-dd802-03
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[4]CourtListener API v4 search sweep (authenticated): opinions 'USS Gregory', 'U.S.S. Gregory', 'DD-802'; docket 'USS Gregory' - all zero results; 'DD-802' docket and 'aboard the Gregory' opinion queries throttled by fleet pacing budget (see search_ledger) [court_record]
- Locator
- CourtListener API v4, type=o and type=r search endpoints (queries enumerated in search_ledger)
- Finding type
- litigation_documented
- Finding
- CourtListener exact-name and hull-number sweeps returned no qualifying asbestos litigation naming this hull: opinion search 'USS Gregory' (0), 'U.S.S. Gregory' (0), 'DD-802' (0); docket search 'USS Gregory' (0). No docketed asbestos case naming DD-802 was located in the public index.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27 (search date)
- Limitations
- Zero-hit sweep does not prove no litigation exists anywhere - RECAP coverage is incomplete and pleading-stage vessel lists are not always indexed as opinion text. 'Gregory' is a high-collision surname; only exact-phrase and hull-number queries were run. Name is shared with USS Gregory (DD-82/APD-3), sunk 1942 - an undated hit would require hull attribution. Two deferred queries were refused by the fleet pacing limiter; status in search_ledger.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gregory-dd802-04
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[5]Batch-3774 search ledger (this record): DANFS verbatim transcription (globalsecurity/hazegray); NVR (pre-1987 disposal, not cataloged); BuShips War Damage Report No. 51 (ibiblio); NavSource, Tin Can Sailors, NavalCoverMuseum; ussgregory.com association site; NARA photo 19-N-70254/USNI 560078 [other_primary]
- Locator
- search_ledger rows sl-uss-gregory-dd802-01 through sl-uss-gregory-dd802-13
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- No qualifying ship-specific asbestos record located for DD-802: no hull ACM survey, abatement contract, museum/transfer hazmat disclosure, government exposure record, or docketed case naming this hull was found in the public sources searched (see search_ledger). Law-firm and marketing ship-list pages carrying the name were excluded per source rules and are logged, not cited.
- Verification
- verified
- Role
- negative_finding
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 2026-09-27
- Limitations
- Absence of a located public record does not prove absence of asbestos aboard - a 1943-44 Fletcher steam plant is era-consistent with standard asbestos applications. Does not establish that asbestos is or is not (or was) present; does not establish or defeat any claim of exposure or legal eligibility.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gregory-dd802-05
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[6]NavSource Destroyer Photo Index, USS Gregory (DD-802) (operational/building data, commanding officers list); Tin Can Sailors destroyers.org DD-802 page; ussgregory.com association site [other_primary]
- Locator
- NavSource DD-802 photo-index operational data block and CO list; destroyers.org/ships/dd-802; ussgregory.com/ussgtoday.php
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Secondary compilations add detail beyond the DANFS narrative: laid down by 'Seattle Tacoma Shipbuilding, Seattle' 31 August 1943 (NavSource operational data); decommissioned 1 February 1964 'as the result of a collision at sea with the USS McDermott [sic - McDermut, DD-677] while engaged in submarine training exercises'; trainer-hulk period dates 20 May 1966 - 8 January 1971; destroyers.org describes the hulk towed to and moored off San Clemente Island, breaking her moorings in a storm and running aground 4 March 1971 ('still aground... to be retained for research and development experiments'); ussgregory.com describes scattered remains in the shallow surf after 1972 relocation to the island's backside for target practice and SEAL demolition training. McDermut (DD-677) herself decommissioned 16 December 1963 - consistent with damage in the same collision.
- Verification
- partial
- Role
- context
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1963-1971
- Population
- Crew circa 1963 collision; San Diego training-station personnel 1966-71
- Limitations
- Secondary compilations, not primary documentation: the 1963 collision is absent from DANFS, its exact date is undocumented, and NavSource misnames the other ship 'McDermott' (DD-677 is USS McDermut). The storm-grounding framing conflicts with DANFS's 'grounded as a target'. No asbestos content in any of these sources.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gregory-dd802-06
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[7]NARA still-picture photo 19-N-70254 / BuShips photo BS-70254 (also USNI Photo Archives 560078): USS Gregory (DD-802) underway in Puget Sound, Washington, 11 August 1944; NARA RG19 General Information Books (per-hull material specifications) as retrieval lead [other_primary]
- Locator
- NARA still pictures (19-N-70254); USNI photo archive item 560078; destroyerhistory.org Fletcher-class page citing NARA; ussgregory.com
- Finding type
- historical_record
- Finding
- Archival leads located but not retrieved: official BuShips trial-period photograph of this hull underway in Puget Sound 11 August 1944 (NARA 19-N-70254 / BS-70254; USNI archive copy 560078) confirms the Seattle-yard construction context. NARA RG19 'General Information Books' hold per-vessel material specifications and are the standard archival lead for hull-level outfit/insulation specs; NHHC photo collections and ussgregory.com association materials (cruise books, reunion records) are further leads.
- Verification
- unverified
- Role
- archival_lead
- Documentation level
- ship_specific
- Accessed
- 2026-09-27
- Study period
- 1944; archival
- Limitations
- Leads only - no document content was retrieved or analyzed; the GIB volumes may or may not itemize asbestos applications for this hull. Photograph documents the ship's appearance, not materials.
- Atlas source
- true
- Evidence ID
- ev-uss-gregory-dd802-07